♭Aster is competing with her band in Ottawa Musicfest! She plays bass clarinet in an OCDSB competitive band. Her Mama, Caitlin, competes later with her choir, All Voices Community Choir!
We'll go, if we can. Retirement isn't for chumps...
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Citizen Science
I love tracking critters in the snow. One can should embrace winter. I think this was either a mink or weasel. I should have measured the tracks, but I was on snowshoes at the time. The tail dragging is a clue.
In one of those rare miracles, my newest trailcam is working. I tried it again, and it appears to have resurrected itself. This is where the weasel and/or fisher headed. You can barely see a junco sitting in the debris under the deck. It triggered the camera!
I've seen a few long-tailed weasels. One at Narrows Lock, another on the back deck.
The fisher appears on my trailcams often, just not recently! They are hoppy little things. This is a stuffed one I saw somewhere. Those teeth!
🦌Jim asked about antler sheds. I've found none this year! In fact, I haven't seen any bucks for weeks. I was spoiled last year (Jan. 26, 2024) with a huge one. He dropped it right in front of me, shaking his head with one antler remaining, as I watched out the kitchen window!
It is wonderful having activities to look forward to. I've signed up to do the modified Western Chorus Frog survey! More details later, but it is two weeks in April when they are calling for hook ups. This helps for surveying, since I have yet to see one. They sound like someone pulling their thumb across a plastic comb. We did it in 2020, 2021, 2022. Funding was cut, I think, and they were on hiatus. They still are, but doing limited research.
12 comments:
You must be very proud of your grands. Three cheers. Love the Citizen Science -- a great name for it!
Our doorbell and camera have also resurrected themselves in the diminution of the cold temperatures.
It is great to see your grandchildren doing well! You must be very proud! Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.
Cool to know who the tracks belong to. Great to hear of your grands, and also having a high school senior who's applying for colleges. My Ohio high school grand had some interesting choices, including Boston and Michigan. They toured last summer.
Your Grands are doing great! I always wanted to find a shed you were really lucky to see one fall:)
You see so many interesting animals. I don't think I would see anything but deer and racoons and O'possums. Still, it would be fun seeing them.
You have wonderful grandkids! I can't believe you saw a buck shake his antler off! That had to be so exciting.
Your grand kids are talented in many ways.
...congratulations to Caitlin, her accomplishments remind me of or granddaughter Emma. Caitlin continue being your best!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I love the name crumbly acres. Your grandchildren seem to be doing well. That’s always a good thing.
My stepdaughter and her husband have about 200 acres, mostly wooded. Their dogs are always finding antler sheds. We have an a herd of about 13 deer here.. every now and then there’s a buck among them. They are usually pretty solitary. I read your list of hopeful items for us in the USA. I think it’s going to be a really tough four years although the things you mentioned gave me a little Hope. I just heard on the news that he wants to sell quick citizenships for $5 million. I have to wonder where these people would get their $5 million … and why they would have to buy a citizenship…..probably more crooks! I’m glad I’m old. Feel sorry for the kids.
Congratulations to Jo and Aster, that is wonderful that they have done so well in school. How very proud you must all be of them. Such fun to discover and identify tracks in the snow. Good news on your camcorder working again. How super to see a deer shake off its antler in front of you. I hope you find more soon. I saw several months ago in drone footage on TV, a moose shaking off its antlers. It was extraordinary!
Hello Jan :)
Wonderful news abut your grandchildren's high scoring results. I have a book about how to recognise animal foot prints, but never had occasion to use it. I guess it's easier in the snow, and you have some unusual visitors. Good luck with the frog count.
All the best
Sonjia.
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